New York to join Mennonite Church USA

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SENECA FALLS, N.Y.—New York Mennonite Conference delegates on April 3 came to a unanimous consensus to join Mennonite Church USA as a full member.

“We began discussing full membership and it took off on a life of its own,” said LeRoy J. Mast, conference moderator and pastor of Pleasant Valley Mennonite Church, Hammondsport. At least 13 of the conference’s 16 congregations needed to support the decision to make it binding. The executive council wanted consensus rather than voting. But voting was the last thing on anyone’s mind by the end of the day.—Laurie L. Oswald

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